Necktie-fastener.



T C. SPELLING NECKTIE FASTENER- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. 1916.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

NEoKTIE-FASTENER.

THOMAS o. srnLLIno, on YonK, n. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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I Patented Mar. 6,1917.

Application filed September 6, 1916; Serial No. 118,621. l i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. SPELLING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fasteners for ready made, or tech neckties, both of the hanger, or four in hand, and bow forms.

It has for 1ts general purpose the provi sion of a combination fastener and band which can be used with a minimum of effort, which will hold the tie in its proper place relatively ,to the collar and button, so formed that the fastening member canbe used alternately with or without a band.

Referring now to the drawings: Figure 1 illustratesthe completed device in attachment to a bow tie and band; Fig. 2 is a detached View of the member which is to be atin attachment to neckloand H. Threads Tat-- tached to the bow tie by threading, and Fig. 3 is an edge View of same; Fig. 4. is a View wherein the wire is lengthened, thusaifording a wider distribution of the resilient force. Fig. 5 is a View of the fastener in attachment to a tech tie of the hanger or four in hand form presenting a series of gripping spaces in order to adapt the device to both low and high collars, and Fig. 6 is a side view of same. Fig. 7 exhibits an adaptation of the device to a hanger tie in a form only slightly differing from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig. 8 isa modification exhibiting a change in arrangement of the wire adaptable to both uses.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, similar reference characters indicating identical parts in the several views; the wire formation A comprises a wire bent upon itself and looped as there shown to form the thread holes B, the ends appearing at C and D, the gripping portions E, and the side bars F. lips G, flat and in hook form, are shown tach the assembled parts to the bow tie J. At K appears an adjustableandautomatically impinging buckle, by means of which the band may be tightened or loosened. The interior, or gripping part of the fastener comprises the ring L into which the head of the collar button is to be passed, the narrow passage way M through which the neck of the button will be made to pass by the application of pressure, and the space N, to be a resting place for the neck in use. This gripping part is bent or curved away from the tie, as more clearly appears in the edge views (Figs. 3 and 6) to provide interior room for-the button head at O, which room will be gaged to the dimensions of the button head, so that it will'be resiliently impinged and held between said gripping portion of the wire and the rear side of a necktie. Fig. 4 exhibits merely a lengthening of the wire, allowing its rearrangement and giving it the two additional turnsat P, whereby freeraction is secured. In the modification (Fig. 8) the wire is shown with both its ends free. It is obvious that the position of the wire member may be so shifted that the gripping portion will be vertical instead of horizontal, without loss of effectiveness, and that the forms presented inthedrawings might be all used interchangeably.

The methods of use and operation require rery little further explanation. It is thought unnecessary to illustrate in the drawing the useof a band and its means of attachment in connection with the hanger variety of tie; but it"i's' clearly apparent that if a band he preferred to the wings Q (Fig. 5) hooks may be attached to the ends of the band and detachably carried in the upper corners R. V

While I have set forth a preferred em bodiment of the invention, it is with the realization,as will also appear to persons skilled in the art towhich it a'ppertains, that it is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices, as may be in accordance with the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. A tie fastener comprising a wire frame of quadrangular outline formed of a continuous length of wire, having said wire 2. A necktie fastener comprising a single wire bent to form a quadrangular frame havingfour looped corners to form thread holes at the corners of said frame, said wire being bent from two of said corners to extend inside of the outlining frame, said wire being crossed to form gripping jaws for a collar button, said crossed, portions being arched from end to end, to properly dispose a collar button head with respect to'a tie member carried by said fastener, each side ofthe quadrangular frame being adapted to carry the end of a neckband.

3. A necktie fastener comprising a single wire bent to form a quadrangular frame having four looped corners to forin threadholes at the corners of said frame, said wire being bent from two of said corners to eX-' tend inside of the outlining frame, said wire being crossed to form gripping jaws for a collar-biiltton, said crossed portions being arched from end to end, the extent of arching of the interior formation from the plane of'the frame being ga 'ed to produce frictional impingement of the collarbutton head between said arched portion and a necktie member, as described.

4:. A necktie fastener comprising a wire bent toform a quadrangular frame having four looped corners to form threadholes, at the corners ofsaid frame said wire being bent from two of said corners to extend inside of the outlining frame, said wire be ing crossed to form gripping jaws for a collar-button, said jaws being arranged in a series, and said crossed portlons being arched from end to end to properly dispose a collar-button head with respect to a tie member carried by said fastener.

A necktie fastener comprising a single wire bent to form a quadrangular frame having four looped corners to form thread holes at the corners of said frame, said wire being bent from twoof said corners to extend inside of the outlining frame, said wire being crossed to form a series of gripping jaws for a collar-button, said crossed portions being arched from end to end, the extent of arching of the'interior formation from the plane of the f 'ame being gaged to produce frictional impinge ment of the collar-button head between said arched portion and the necktie member, as described.

Signed at New York city, Manhattan borough, in the county of New York and State of New York this 12th day of August A. D. 1.916.

THOMAS C. SPELLING.

Witnesses N. Mazzio'rrn, BENJ. FRANK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

